Top Headlines

• US is committed to its military aid to Egypt, Trump tells Sisi
• Egypt is among countries exempted from Trump’s immigration ban
• Germany lifts last restriction on tourism flights to South Sinai
• Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya praised improving ties with Egypt
• 20 militants, four army personnel were killed in security raids in North Sinai
• Egypt beats Morocco for the first time in 30 years, to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final.

 Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt’s State TV airs ‘exclusive’ video of Italian student Regeni’s conversation with a vendor
• Ethics committee proposes suspension of an Egyptian MP for over allegedly “sending sex videos of another MP on Whatsapp‪
• Egyptian military to enter pharmaceutical industry
• Five army personnel were killed late Sunday in a terrorist attack in Sinai
• Prosecution renews detention of finance ministry’s advisor

 Tuesday

• US is committed to its military aid to Egypt, Trump tells Sisi
• Germany lifts last restriction on tourism flights to South Sinai
• Egypt extends state of emergency in North Sinai
• Hamas leaders on a first official visit in Cairo since 2013
• Egypt expects to issue $4 billion in euroband sale
• Flights between Russia and Egypt may resume before March: TASS
• Egypt to increase gas production up to 50 percent by mid-2018

Wednesday

• Sisi: Egypt’s January 25 Revolution will remain a turning point in history
• ECESR publishes book documenting Tiran and Sanafir islands dispute case
• Hamas leader says relations with Cairo have improved
• Egypt’s Dostour Party elects Khaled Dawood as its new president
• HRW criticizes placement of over 1,500 people in Egypt on terrorists list
• Egyptian FM to head for AU General Assembly in Ethiopia ahead of Sisi’s visit
• Egypt condemns Israel’s approval for new settlements in occupied Jerusalem

 Thursday

• 17 people have been arrested on sixth anniversary of January 25 revolution
• Egypt to open Rafah crossing for four days for humanitarian aid
• Egyptian rights lawyer Naged El-Borai was barred from travel at Cairo airport
• Egypt’s defense minister discusses regional developments with French chief of the defense staff
• Sisi approved a Memorandum of Understanding between Egypt and Saudi Arabia for the development of Sinai

Friday

• Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya praised improving ties with Egypt
• National Youth Conference starts on Friday in Aswan
• Egypt and Ethiopia FMs discuss dam, bilateral relations at AU General Assembly

 Saturday

• Egypt and Russia to sign agreement on airport security: Russian transport minister
• Egypt is among countries exempted from Trump’s immigration ban
• Netanyahu backs Trump’s Mexico wall, touts similar one on the Egyptian border as a “great idea”
• 20 militants, four army personnel were killed in security raids in North Sinai
• Egypt’s Sisi announces new authority to develop to develop Upper Egypt
• First phase of Siemens power plant project in Egypt to be inaugurated in February
• Egypt’s progress to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals shows football in the country is emerging from a dark period

Sunday

• Egypt Air official: Airlines in Cairo asked to implement Trump travel ban
• Egypt says considers Yen, Yuan bond issuance
• Egyptian prosecution orders detention of nine for protesting on the sixth anniversary of January 25 Uprising
• Turkish business delegation visits Egypt for the first time in three years‪
• Egyptian court sentences Salafist figure Hazem Salah Abu Ismail to 5 years in prison
• MP Khaled Youssef is released after being stopped for having pills without prescription

 Good Reports

• One year on from the last station: A timeline of the Giulio Regeni case. Mada Masr
• The politics of the personal: January 25 through the lens of depression. Naira Antoun
• Egypt’s thawing relations with the Nile Basin Initiative: What you need to know. Bassem Abo Alabass
• Egyptian women with HIV hide from social stigma in silence. Menna Zaki
• Activists call Sisi’s announcements on Nubia are insufficient. Mai Shams EL-Din

Good Read

• Stuck with Sisi. Eric Trager
• Between the 25Th and the 28th. Bassem AlSamragy

From Twitter

Interview

• The call of January 1977 still echoed in January 2011, says political activist Said Abu Taleb

Video

• Egypt’s Sisi rides on horse carriage with wife around Aswan

 Plus

• Lamps stolen from Cairo’s El-Refai Mosque are recovered.
• The ‘‪Cairo Fire’ is revisited 65 years late
• Former Morocco’s defender asks teammates to give Egypt’s ElHadary guard of honor

Finally, here are Jason Casper’s prayers for Egypt